THINCRUST

MITRE ATT&CK: S1223 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: THINCRUST

First seen
2023-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
network-devices
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:06:01

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector technology-and-telecommunications

Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:cn

Context

THINCRUST is a Python-based backdoor tool that has been used by UNC3886 since at least 2023.

Detection coverage

  • 56 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Disable or Modify System Firewall (attack-pattern)
  • Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
  • Symmetric Cryptography (attack-pattern)
  • Python (attack-pattern)
  • Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • Mandiant — Fortinet Malware Ecosystem (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S1223 (report)

External references